A budget category (not a real agency) that aggregates citywide costs that don't belong to a single department, including judgments and claims payouts, debt service on capital borrowing, labor reserves for union contract settlements, MTA subsidies, and general reserves. This is where the city parks its biggest hidden costs. Lawsuit payouts (especially NYPD-related), interest on billions in borrowed money, and reserves for future union raises all live here. It's $6.2B that quietly eats your tax dollars without any single commissioner being accountable for it.
Spending
$6.22B
88,658 transactions →
Budget (Adopted)
$15.53B
$5.72B spent
Did You Know
The city's judgment and claims budget is essentially the price tag of everything NYC gets sued for -- from slip-and-fall sidewalk injuries to police misconduct settlements -- and it runs into the billions annually.
| FRINGE BENEFITS | $3.26B |
| NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT | $587.3M |
| MTA BUS COMPANY | $353.6M |
| CITY OF NEW YORK OFFICE OF LABOR RELATIONS | $239.2M |
| U S BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | $206.3M |
Who It Serves
All NYC residents indirectly -- these are costs the city must pay to keep functioning and meet legal obligations
Category
Finance & Fiscal